Foxcatcher. Brillant? Yes. Enjoyable?…
If someone were to ask you what your primary reason for going to the cinema was, what would you say? I’d expect many to immediately pipe...
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Review: Wild -“Serious, life-affirming and radical”
It’s raining. My boots hurt. I’m hungry. All of these things are very inconvenient, but trite in these circumstances. As Wild makes...
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Review: Men, Women & Children
How annoying are people who check their mobiles during a film? Those brightly glowing screens in your peripheral vision serve as powerful...
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Review: The Imitation Game
I’m fond of a cryptic crossword – all those hidden meanings in a prosaic black and white grid. I’ve pretty much cracked The Observer’s...
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Review: Begin Again
Reviewers are never paid well (if, at all), but what we do have is the ability to record little moments of bliss – which is its own...
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Review: The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January represents the latest venture for a genre that has lost its way in recent years – the noir thriller. With so few...
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———– You are Divergent ————
Ah – Utopia – I’ve long been obsessed with the idea that we can create a perfect society, most likely on another planet and definitely...
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Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
There are some things that you can expect from a Marvel Studios movie – huge glossy action pieces with bone-crunching fight scenes, a...
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Review: The Voorman Problem
It is testament to Martin Freeman’s temperament that in an era when he is dominating both our small screen (Sherlock) and large (The...
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How Fiennes is our first film feminist of 2014
Another period drama film written and directed by a luvvie thesp – give me a break?! If that’s your opinion on the release of The...
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